Airbus announced that it delivered 81 aircraft in May to 45 different customers, while booking 379 gross orders during the same month.
Those May deliveries bring the manufacturer's year-to-date total to 262 aircraft delivered to 68 customers through the end of May 2026. At the end of May, Airbus reported a total order book of 26,272 aircraft across its full model range. Since the company began deliveries, it has recorded 17,019 aircraft delivered in total.
Program-level figures
Airbus provided a breakdown by program in its month-end figures:
- A320 Family - 20,169 total orders and 12,670 deliveries to date; the A320 Family fleet in operation numbers 11,374 aircraft.
- A350 - 1,595 total orders with 718 deliveries completed.
- A330 - 1,955 total orders and 1,670 deliveries.
- A220 - 1,109 total orders and 517 deliveries, with 513 aircraft currently in active service.
- A380 - 251 total orders and deliveries; the A380 program has ended production and 199 aircraft are in the fleet.
These program totals reflect cumulative orders and deliveries through the end of May and the current in-service counts reported for the A320 Family, A220, and A380 where specified.
Context and reporting scope
The figures released are limited to the counts provided by Airbus for May and cumulative totals through the end of that month. The company supplied gross orders and delivery counts by program and disclosed both the year-to-date delivery total for 2026 and the overall historical deliveries since the start of operations. No additional breakdowns - such as regional distribution of orders, customer identities, or monthly net order adjustments - were provided in the data released for May.
The following sections highlight key takeaways and possible uncertainties based strictly on the information Airbus made available.